Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Experts push infrastructure to boost cross-border trade; Korean EV supplier begins construction of plant in Mexico; Kirchhoff Automotive expanding operations in Mexico; and WSI named operator of CPKC transload terminal.
Experts push infrastructure to boost cross-border trade
MONTERREY, Mexico — With nearshoring accelerating trade growth between the U.S. and Mexico,...
The Transportation Security Administration is easing the compliance burden on airfreight intermediaries by allowing the logistics businesses to submit applications renewing security credentials once every three years instead of annually, according to a recent regulatory notice.
The rule change, which takes effect on Monday, impacts about 3,800 indirect air carriers registered with the TSA. The companies receive and consolidate cargo from multiple shippers and tender them to various airlines for...
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As happens every Memorial Day, cargo thieves will come out of hibernation and take their share of contraband during this first of the three summer holiday weekends. But if data published Friday by cargo security research and consultancy CargoNet is accurate, the bad guys will have to stay busy to match their volume over Memorial Day 2020.
Then, cargo theft, measured by the number of reported incidents, rose 35% from levels reported over the 2019 Memorial Day weekend, CargoNet said. The average...
Companies that purchase and provide transport on all-cargo aircraft will be closely watching whether the Transportation Security Administration on Wednesday offers an alternative security arrangement many believe is designed to help one company — Amazon — avoid screening every outbound shipment for explosives.
How to comply with pending international airfreight security standards is reopening a long-running policy debate over whether supply chains are best protected through a risk-based...
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Commercial truck drivers look forward to good meals, warm showers and rest at truck stops after arduous days on the road. But this much-needed period of relaxation can quickly turn stressful for victims of cargo theft.
Driver downtime far too often results in downtime for truck and trailer security too. It only takes a few minutes away from your trailer to become a victim of cargo theft, which is why it’s important to take preliminary steps to protect your payload.
Although it’s impossible to...
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